What does ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ Woman Facepalming mean?

A woman covering her face in disbelief, the female version of ๐Ÿคฆ. It captures exasperation, secondhand embarrassment or โ€œI canโ€™t believe I just did thatโ€ moments, from salting your coffee to hitting reply all.

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ Woman Facepalming is an emoji from the People & Body category (people gesturing), added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm and no.

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๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ Woman Facepalming on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more

The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Woman Facepalming looks on each platform.

Woman Facepalming emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad & Mac
Woman Facepalming emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid & Gmail
Woman Facepalming emoji on Microsoft
MicrosoftWindows & Teams
Woman Facepalming emoji on X / Twitter
X / TwitterTwemoji

Woman Facepalming in every skin tone

Default (yellow)
Light skin tone
Medium-light skin tone
Medium skin tone
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Woman Facepalming emoji: questions & answers

How do I copy and paste the Woman Facepalming emoji?

Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :woman-facepalming:.

When was the Woman Facepalming emoji added?

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ Woman Facepalming was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

Does the Woman Facepalming emoji come in different skin tones?

Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.

Why does ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ look different on my phone?

Every platform draws its own artwork for Woman Facepalming. The underlying code (U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโ€™s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.

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